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Transport
of the North Lantau Highway and Ma Wan Road. The Lantau Link imposes a 'one-way' toll ranging from $20 to $80 for different types of vehicles. As the Lantau Link is the only road access to Lantau Island and motorists travelling to and from the airport must go through the Lantau Toll Plaza, a one-way toll collection arrangement is adopted at the Lantau Link for the convenience of motorists and to streamline airport-bound traffic. An average of 77,800 vehicles per day used the Lantau Link in 2014.
Tsing Sha Control Area
The Tsing Sha Control Area, managed by a private contractor, is a 13-kilometre expressway network comprising Stonecutters Bridge, Nam Wan Tunnel, a series of tolled tunnels (the Eagle's Nest Tunnel, Sha Tin Heights Tunnel and Tai Wai Tunnel) and associated slip roads. All classes of vehicles using the tolled tunnels pay a $8 toll. In 2014, an average of 46,500 vehicles per day used this expressway.
Road Boundary Crossings
There are four road-based boundary crossings between Hong Kong and the Mainland at Lok Ma Chau, Man Kam To, Sha Tau Kok and Shenzhen Bay Port, which are open daily for goods and passenger vehicles. The Lok Ma Chau Control Point, which connects to Huanggang Port in Shenzhen, operates round-the-clock. The Sha Tau Kok and Man Kam To control points are open from 7 am to 10 pm, while the Shenzhen Bay Port is open from 6.30 am to midnight.
The daily average numbers of vehicle trips recorded at the control points of Lok Ma Chau, Man Kam To, Sha Tau Kok and Shenzhen Bay Port in 2014 were 24,800, 4,800, 2,200 and 10,000 respectively, and the daily average numbers of travellers using these control points were 78,200, 10,100, 8,800 and 102,000 respectively. The total cross-boundary vehicular traffic decreased by about 2 per cent in 2014 as compared with the previous year, averaging 41,700 vehicles a day, while the total cross-boundary passenger traffic by rail, road and ferry increased by about 5 per cent, reaching 678,000 passengers a day. Most travellers using these control points take cross- boundary coaches or local public transport services where available. In 2014, about 130 companies operated cross-boundary coach services, carrying an average of about 66,800 passengers a day. There is also a shuttle bus service plying between the public transport interchange at San Tin and Huanggang Port in Shenzhen via the Lok Ma Chau Control Point, carrying a daily average of 26,900 passengers. Travellers using the Shenzhen Bay Port may use the local public transport services there, and these carry an average of 76,400 passengers a day.
Projects under Construction
The Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link (CWB) forming part of the east- west strategic route along the north shore of Hong Kong Island are being constructed to alleviate traffic congestion at Connaught Road Central/Harcourt Road/Gloucester Road and cater for the anticipated growth in road traffic. The CWB is a 4.5-kilometre dual three-lane trunk road with a 3.7-kilometre tunnel. When completed, it will take about five minutes to travel from Central to the Island Eastern Corridor at North Point.
The reconstruction and improvement works of Tuen Mun Road were substantially completed in December 2014 to bring the expressway's dual three-lane carriageway up to current standards
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